Caldecott Honor Books

These are books that did not win the Caldecott Award, but were given Honor Awards as books of distinction.
 

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1. Berry song

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Author:
Goade, Michaela
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.

2. A big mooncake for Little Star

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Author:
Lin, Grace
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4.1 stars
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Description:
Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cookie and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night.

3. Goldilocks and the three bears

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Author:
Marshall, James, 1942-1992
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Description:
Three bears return home from a walk to find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.

4. Knight Owl

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Author:
Denise, Christopher
Series:
Knight Owl volume 1.
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5 stars
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Description:
After achieving his dream of becoming a knight, a small owl protects the castle from a hungry dragon.

5. Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale

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Author:
Willems, Mo
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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A trip to the laundromat leads to a momentous occasion when Trixie, too young to speak words, realizes that something important is missing and struggles to explain the problem to her father.

6. Leave me alone

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Author:
Brosgol, Vera
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Description:
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting.

7. Madeline

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Author:
Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962
Series:
Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans) volume 1.
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4.3 stars
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Description:
Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

8. One morning in Maine

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Author:
McCloskey, Robert, 1914-2003
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4.8 stars
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Description:
Its a big day for Sally when she discovers her first loose tooth and makes a trip to the grocery store on the mainland.

9. Outside in

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Author:
Underwood, Deborah
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4.5 stars
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Description:
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal ways nature affects our everyday lives, such as providing food and clothing, and showing when to go to bed and when to get up.

10. The rough patch

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Author:
Lies, Brian
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4.7 stars
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Description:
Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together and, especially, in the garden but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.

11. Sector 7

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Author:
Wiesner, David
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5 stars
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Description:
While on a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy is taken by a friendly cloud to visit Sector 7, where he discovers how clouds are shaped and channeled throughout the country.

12. Time flies

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Author:
Rohmann, Eric
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Description:
A wordless tale in which a bird flying around the dinosaur exhibit in a natural history museum has an unsettling experience when the dinosaur seems to come alive and view the bird as a potential meal.

13. Wonder walkers

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Author:
Archer, Micha
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4 stars
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Description:
"Two curious children go for a walk, asking imaginative questions about the natural beauty that surrounds them"--